Bondage is a condition where a person is placed in a state of subjection to an "owner" or "master" who psychologically, emotionally, or physically restrains them by force, power, or influence. The spirit of bondage has many faces, wears many masks, and creates emotional, physical, and spiritual prisoners out of its victims. People can be in bondage to such things as drugs, alcohol, and sex.Isaiah 61:1-3 says, "The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion - to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor."
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